We are a non-profit education initiative promoting free and open permaculture material.
Currently we are maintaining this collection and started permaculture as a subject on the free educational platform Serlo.

Solutions or content are independently tested, adapted to one’s own conditions and are improved constantly. People of both movements use a lot of curiosity and inventiveness.

Especially in the area of global cooperation (via the Internet), however, the “free knowledge” has clearly more experience, of which the permaculture movement could benefit.

The idea

Imagine more Permaculture content under free licenses and furthering the culture of free exchange of knowledge. Imagine a knowledge commons for people worldwide who want to live sustainable and self-determined lifes: The Permaculture Commons.

Let’s start small, let’s work together. Free licenses are made for cooperation and make huge projects possible.

The free operating system Linux is a good example. Started by a single person, improved by more than 100,000 people and in fact used by all Internet users today. An incredible success story that is only made possible by free licenses.

By the way: The Permablitz allows a group to archive more in a day than you alone could manage in weeks. And it has a direct equivalent in the world of free knowledge: In a Book Sprint authors come together and write a whole book in 3-5 days, with great fun and results of very high quality.

“It’s True That [writing is] a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.”
–Anne Tyler

The image of the solitary author seems firmly rooted in our culture. But the benefits of the collaboration of several people with different approaches, expertises and even time zones are enormous (see Book Sprint above).

To reach many people, you need a variety of media, languages and styles. Collaboration and free licenses allow an unexpected variety.